Rotary multiple rack phonograph record cabinet



ROTARY MULTIPLE RACK PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET Filed Oct. 2, 1947 J. SCUDERI 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 3, 1950 a JOHN scuozm INVENTOR ATTORNEY Q I v Oct. 3, 1950 J. SCUDERI I 2,524,275

ROTARY MULTIPLE RACK PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET Filed Oct. 2, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 JOHN cuozRl INVENTOR ATTORNEY H6 H5 m 4 Oct. 3, 1950 J. SCUDERI ROTARY MULTIPLE RACK PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET I Fi'ied Oct. 2, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 MN MW JOHN SCUDERI INVENTOR BYW 4641M ATTORNEY Oct. 3, 1950 J. SCUDERI ROTARY'MULTIPLE RACK PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET Filed Oct. 2, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 JOHN scuoam INVENTOR BWWW ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 3, 1950 MULTIPLE RACK. PHONO GRAPH REGORD CABINET John Scud'eri, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application October 2, 1947, SerialNo. 777 ;48'4

This invention relates to a phonograph record cabinet and particularly tor a cabinet havinga plurality of racks rotatably mounted thereinand having means for bringing a selected rack into position outside the cabinetfor removing; a desired record.

An object of this invention is toprovide a phonograph record cabinet having a plurality of rotatable racks of equallength geach rack having data for identifying the records stored" therein, and the upper walls; of the cabinet having. a viewing aperture extending the entire length. of. a rack, and throughwhichtheuser maysee all the data relating to the records on the particularrrack' exposed to view for ease in selecting a desired record.

Another object. of this invention is to provide a mechanism for suspending a plurality ofxrecord racks. from radial arms spacedinxequal angular relation about a rotatable shafty'andi to provide; means for bodily shifting the shaft and racks forwardly to bring a selected raclc into viewing: position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rotary multiple rack phonographrecord cabinet having atransparent window in. its' cover and? p twotransverse tracks; a shaft rotatably and swingably mounted on-the tracks, theishaft;

having radial arms secured thei'leto in'equally" spaced angular relation; alpluralityof racks suspended from the arms and-being"inupfvotallrelation with the arms, means.forshittingrthewhaftz forwardly on' the tracke to bring' the' raoks'forwardl'y, ahdi: means f orrotating the 'shaftwto bring one of the racks and IBCOIdSTlIItC uppermost and: viewing position throughtthe window, for selecting andremoving a desired record: from thenippeh most rack. 1i With the above and other objects in View; the invention will be hereinafterm ore particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of 'parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification. I p

Reference will now be had to the. drawings,

Figure 2-. is a side elevation. of the .cabinet shown.

in Figure l. i q i Figure an a. top view of. thecabinet.

wherein like numerals of referencedesignate cora claims. (01. 3129-11.)

Figure 4 is a. cross-sectional view, the: section being taken as: on11ine-4:4' in: Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view, the section being taken as on: 1ine15"5:in. Figure 1.

Figure 6-is a frontviews of afragmentary por tion of mounting; mechanism: for the drive; shaft, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 7 is: top. plan view of thecabinet with the cover removed; the" view' being taken as" on line l -1 in Figure; 1-.

Figure 8is a view of aifragmentary portion of the framework showing: supplementary linkage for shifting the multiple rack unit.

Figure 9 is: aa ofa fragmentary portion of the: framework showing. indib'ator operating mechanism.

Figure 10 is a view: of a fragmentary portion of'the framework; onr. an enlarged scale, showing pawl mechanism for rotating the indicator.

Figure" 11 is'a diagrammatic view ofthe electric circuit for operating the mechanism.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the'numeral It indicates a selective phonograph record cabinet; comprising a cabinet casing ll,

having side: walls: [2 connected? by a base 13 and a cover M.

The cover. M has a. transparent rectangular window l5' near the: firont wall" lB, the window extending the" entire distancebetween two skeletonrpartition walls 121a. Thewalls IZand I! are spaced apart to provide compartments It in which shift mechanism maly freely operate. The V cabinet has a rear wall 26*. i

Betweenthe twoend' compartments! 81s a rea- 0rd chamber 211? for three racks 22 of identical length and eaohsuited for her of disk records 23.

As shown in Figure 5", the racks 22 are suspended from a drive shaft" 24 extending across the carrying a large" numouter surfaces of the record chamber 2 I The driileshaft is rotatably supported in main ball'bearings 25'; oneat eacli en'd of the shaft 24. 7 Two shift arms 26 have theii'npperends fixed to a cross rod 29. The rod 29'is rotatably mounted front or rear of the record chamber. 24.

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As shown in Figure 5, the drive shaft 24 carries a fixed disk 34 and three radial arms 35 which are fixed thereto and are spaced in equal angular relation from each other.

Pivotally suspended from pins 36 at the free ends of each of the arms 35 are triangular brackets 3? which are connected by the racks 22. In the position shown in Figure 5, one of the racks 22 is in uppermost position and in central alinement with the window l through which the disk records 23 may be viewed.

Records '23 are placed in each rack 22 in the order indicated by numerals 1 to 66, reading from left to right, on an index plate 38 mounted on the base portion of each rack, each number corresponding to a particular record. It is to be noted that two index plates or record number plates 2? are also fixed beneath the window l5. The win dow is electrically illuminated by means of a switch operated by a handle 39.

As shown in Figure 6, the drive shaft 26 is sup ported on main ball bearings 25 which are adapted to rotate on horizontal tracks 92. At one end of the shaft 24 is a bifurcated frame it, the forks of which terminate in circular housings 4! which carry ball bearings 22 through which the shaft 2d passes.

At the rear of the bifurcated frame as is a shaft 94 on which is supported a small sprocket gear 45 and a large sprocket gear 56. Mounted on the shaft 24 is a large sprocket gear d8 which is connected by a sprocket chain 49 with the small sprocket gear 45.

Fixed to the rear wall 29 of the cabinet H] is a bracket 59 at the free end of which is a shaft Rotatably mounted on the shaft 5% is a small sprocket gear 52 and a large sprocket gear the small sprocket gear 52 being connected with the large sprocket gear 56 at the free end of the It is to be noted that the frame M3 maintains the spaced-apart relation of the shafts 2d and M and that an arm 53 maintains the spaced-apart relation of the shafts M and 5!. The large sprocket gear 5 1- on the bracket 59 is connected b a sprocket chain 55 with a small sprocket gear 56 on a motor 69.

It will thus be seen that rotation of the small sprocket gear 56 on the motor 69 will cause rotawill rotate verv slowlv in comparison with the speed of the motor shaft.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, a handle 6: is

rotatablv mounted at the right hand side wall of the cabinet and when swung forward to a horizonta os tion, it causes an arm 62 which is suitably fixed to the handle M to swing to the vertical position shown in Figure 2. A link 53 is pivotally connected to a pin 64 at the lower end of the arm 52. The upper end of the link '53 is pivotally connected by a pin 65 to an arm 66 which is fixed to the cross rod 29 at its upper end. This upward movement of the handle 6| causes the cross rod 29 to swing in a clockwise direction and the shift arm 29 to swing forward toward the front of the cabinet H]. This causes the drive shaft 29 and the attached racks 22 to move forwardly of the cabinet. In this position of the racks, the user may remove a selected record from the uppermost rack.

It is to be noted that during the upward movement of the handle 6| 3, link 61 pivotally secured to the pin 64 is also moved in the direction of the front of the cabinet.

The upper end of the link 6? is pivotally secured by a pin 68 to an arm 69 which is fixed to a cross rod 10 at the rear of the cabinet ii].

As shown in Figure 8, the cross rod H3 has a supplementary arm H which is pivotally connected by a link 12 to a supplementary shift arm 13. The supplementary mechanism relieves the strain on the front cross rod 29 and makes for ease in shifting of the multiple rack unit.

As shown in Figure 5, each rack 22 carries record supporting wire frames 75 which are spaced apart sufliciently to permit free passage therebetween for the records.

For the purpose of indicating to the operator which rack 22 is in viewing position through the window I5, I provide a rotatably mounted indicator 16 shown in Figure 1.

Figure 9 shows the indicator 16 rotatably mounted on a shaft 11 fixed in a cross-bar 18.

The indicator 16 has three numbers l, 2 and 9, each number corresponding to a respective rack, the numeral l appearing in Figure l. I have fixed a triangular plate 19 to the rear face of the indicator 16 by three pins 99. I have provided a pawl 8| pivoted at 82 to an upright extension 83 of a link 84. The pawl is urged downwardly by a spring 85. It is to be noted that the triangular plate 19 is fixed to the indicator It so that each side will line up with a number on the indicator.

The front end of the link 84 is pivotally secured by a pin 86 to an upright link 81, the upper end of which is pivotally mounted on the indicator shaft 11.

An arm 99 is pivotally mounted by a pin 9! to a cross-bar 92. The free end 93 of the arm 99 is secured intermediate two alined coil springs 94, 94 having their outer ends fixed to the crossbar 18. The rear end of the link 89 is pivoted to the arm 90 by a pin 95.

I have provided an upright actuating arm 85 having its upper end pivotally mounted by a pin 91 to the cross-bar I8. The lower end of the actuating arm 96 is bent to provide a curved cam portion 89. A link 98 is pivotally connected at the front end by a pivot 99 to the actuating arm 98 and is pivotally connected at its rear end by a pin I00 to the arm 90.

As shown in Figures 5 and 6, I provide a roller l9! on each of the three arms 35 which extend from the drive shaft 24.

When the racks 22 are rotated, the rollers l9! swing in a circular path and successively contact the curved cam portion 89 of the actuating arm 96. The rollers l0! cause the actuating arm 95 to swing towards the rear of the cabinet Ii When the rollers actuate the arm 95, they cause the front spring 94 to be tensioned. When a roller IUI comes into disengagement with the arm 96, the tensioned spring 94 brings the arm 96 back to its normal upright position.

During the rearward movement of the arm 98, the links 84 and 98 are moved rearwardly. The rearward movement of the link 84 causes the pawl 81 to be moved rearwardly and this causes rotation of the indicator 16 through one third of its circumference. The indicator is then in position to be moved through another one-third of its circumference when the roller I9! repeats its operation of actuating the arm 96.

As shown in Figure 4, I provide a pedal oper- 5 ated electric pull switch I05 suitably secured below the base I3. When the user desires to cause rotation of the shaft 24 and the racks 22 he presses down on a pedal I06 at the front of the machine. This downward movement causes an electric current to pass through the motor 60 which as heretofore described, causes rotation of the racks.

As shown in Figure 2, I provide cutout switch I01 secured to the base I3. It will be noted that a link I 08 is pivotally connected to the pin 63 in the link 61. At its lower end, the link I08 is restrained by a horizontal spring I09 to support a rod I I in an upright position.

The lower end portion of the rod H0 is se cured to a tension spring I II which is connected to the actuating arm II2 of the cutout switch I01.

In the horizontal position of the shift handle BI shown in Figure 2, the cutout switch I0'I is in operating position and causes a supply of electricity to pass through the pedal switch I05.

It will be noted that the electric switches I05 and I01 are interconnected so that when the machine is not in operation, that is, when the shift handle BI is in vertical inoperative position, any downward movement of the pedal I06 will not cause rotation of the racks 22.

The pedal I06 is pivotally mounted on a pin H5 in a brake rod IIB which is secured to the rear of the machine by screws I".

An arm H8 is pivoted on a pin H9 in the brake rod III). The free end of the arm H8 is connected by a spring II I to the pedal operated switch I05.

Downward movement of the pedal I06 actuates the switch I05 to transmit electric current to the motor 60.

Further downward movement of the pedal I06 cuts out the current to the motor and. swings the brake rod downwardly and causes a belt I20 which is suitably connected with a brake pulley I2I and with the brake rod I16 to apply a braking action on the motor 60 and brings the motor to a dead stop and stops the rotation of the racks.

A leaf spring 88 having one end fixed in the framework, rests and exerts a pressure on the triangular plate 19 and when the indicator is rotated by the pawl ill, the leaf spring 88 maintains one of the sides of the triangular plate IS in horizontal position. This brings one of the numbers on the indicator I6 in topmost position and viewable through the window I5.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a rotary multiple rack phonograph record cabinet having an open front face and a transparent window in its cover, comprising two transverse tracks, a shaft rotatably and slidably mounted on said tracks, said shaft having radial arms secured thereto in equally spaced angular relation, a plurality of racks suspended from said arms and being in pivotal relation with said arms, each of said racks having record supporting frames, the respective adjacent frames being spaced apart sufficiently to permit free insertion of a record therebetween, whereby said records are prevented from contacting each other, manual means for shifting said shaft forwardly on said tracks to bring said racks forwardly, and power means for rotating said shaft to bring one of said racks and records into uppermost and viewing position through said Window, for selecting and removing a desired record from said uppermost rack.

2. In a rotary multiple rack phonograph record cabinet having an open front face and a transparent window in its cover and near said front face, comprising two transverse horizontal tracks having upwardly curved end portions, a shaft rotatably and slidably mounted on said tracks to forward and rearward positions defined by said curved end portions of said tracks, said shaft having radial arms secured thereto in equally spaced angular relation, a plurality of racks suspended from said arms and in pivotal relation with said arms, each of said racks having record supporting frames, the respective adjacent record supporting frames being spaced apart sufliciently to permit free insertion of a record therebetween, whereby said records are prevented from contacting each other, manual means for bodily shifting said shaft and racks forwardly on said tracks to bring said racks forwardly, a pedal operated motor for rotating said shaft to bring one of said racks and records into uppermost and view position through said window, for selecting and removing a desired record from said uppermost rack, an electric circuit for said motor comprising two switches in series, said manual shifting means closing one of said switches to permit downward movement of said pedal to close the other switch to energize said motor.

JOHN SCUDERI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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